Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, November 14, 1990
The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B03
A borough police officer was injured Monday evening when a suspect he was chasing allegedly slammed the door of a house on his elbow, police said.
Anthony Masucci of San Francisco was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, and was released on $6,000 bail, said Cliffside Park Detective Sgt. Donald Umland.
Umland said the injury is expected to keep Officer Frank Biasco out of work for three weeks.
The incident occurred about 5:45 p.m., when Biasco came upon a 1972 Chevrolet pickup that he thought was abandoned on Lafayette Avenue, Umland said. He said Biasco found that its registration had expired.
Masucci, who walked up and identified himself as the owner of the truck, became angry when Biasco asked him about the registration, Umland said.
Biasco requested assistance, and was joined by a Fort Lee patrolman and a Fairview police officer.
Umland said Masucci, 34, fled on foot, running up the driveway of a residence at 42 Lafayette Ave., and slammed the side door on Biasco as the officer chased him.
The other officers then wrestled with Masucci as he came out of the front door of the house, and arrested him, Umland said.
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